i’m here

Such a long and very unintentional absence from this space. it’s just that it’s been cold. and wet. and i know, i know our winters are rather bearable compared to those in North [...]

nourished, nurtured

With the arrival of winter I’ve been feeling a little weary. Perhaps burnt-out would be a better term to use. My almost-two-year-old is still breastfeeding and it feels like he’s [...]

a bunny named easter

He arrived unannounced in Grandad’s garden on Easter morning. Perhaps he was resurrected but I think I’ll stick with the more likely story that he ran away from home. Or he decided we [...]

where do the days go?

I disappeared for a while, I know. The last week or so has been hectic. Ché’s Ommi went to Bali to assist Shiva Rea in a teaching workshop and I got to look after the studio. Yes I was [...]

my days have been sweet

…with peek-a-boo, fruit bowl antics and the bliss of autumn sunshine. That last pic is my shadow and my dad’s new shed. He made it out of recycled materials. My favourite part is the [...]

hello autumn

How nice that you arrived so promptly. we woke this morning to crisp air and blue sky. and we knew, yes we knew that the seasons they were a changing. that we’d soon have socks on our feet [...]

it’s here

So many breezes wander through my summer room: but never enough It reached 41degrees here today. The cool change breezed through our windows about two hours ago. I smiled and exhaled and knew we [...]

here comes the sun

And it’s beating bright. I feel wilted…like the roses whose petals fell days ago. It’s unending and fierce, this heat. The fan whirls all day, it’s constant rhythm lulling [...]

phone home

I do like a good chat on the phone. That’s me in the photo, chatting away on a public phone in Hawaii. That dress is still safe and sound in my cupboard. Still as cute as ever (those little [...]